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THE SUNDAY TIMES.


One of our readers request us to
publish Jay Gould's prayer, which it
rs follows:
Our father who art in England,
Rothschild be thy name; thy fnan-
cial kingdom come to America, thy
will be done in the United States as ii
is in England. Give us this day our
bonds in gold, but no silver; give us
plenty Of laboring mems votes to keep
monopoly in power and their friends
in Office. We know, our father, we
have done many things that were
wrong we have robbed the honest
poor, and brought distress to many a
door we know it was wrong to refund
the bonds and make them payable in
coin we know it was wrong to de-
monetise silver we know that it was
wrong to water our railroad stocks,
but thou knowest we made money by
that. Now, our father, thou knowest
we are above politics. tits the same
to us whether Democrats or Rcpubli-
cans rule, for thou knowest we are
able to sway all political jobs in our
favor, Lead us not into the way Of
the strikers, but deliver us from the
hands of the Knights OF Labor. Thus
shall we have the kingdom, bonds, in
terest, power and gold until the re-
public shall end. A M n!-Elmira
Telegram.
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contracted malaria in the swamps of Louis
lana while working Tor the telegraph company,
and used every kind Of medicine I could hear
OF without relief. at last succeeded in break
ing the fever but it cost me over $4,000 and
hen my system was Frustrated and saturate
with malaral poison and became almost he'll
less, | finally came here, my mouth so filled
with sores that could scarcely eat and my
tongue raw and filled with little knots, Various
remedies were resorted to without effect,
bought two bottles of b. b. b. and II has cure,
aud strengthened me All sores OF my mouL.
are healed and my tongue entirely clear o
knots and soreness, and feel Ikea new man
Jackson, Tenn, April 90 1886
A. + BRITTON
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SOUTH WARD
CONNECTIONS.

AT CHATTANOOGA with railroad lines diysrR-
ing making direct close connection for ali
points Northwest, West and Southwest
AT CLEVELAND with Georgia and Alabama Di.
vision for Atlanta, Calera Montgomery New
Orleans and all points South, Southeast ana
southwest.
AT KNOXVILLE with Ohio Division and Knox
vile Railroad and Main Line trains Nos. Il 4.
AT JUNCTION CITY with c., N. o. ct. 7. K. K.
North and South
AT JELLICo with Louisville and Nashville X.
r. for Louisville and Northwestern points.
AT MoRRIsTowN with North Carolina Division
for Warm Springs n. and all Western and
Middle North Carolina pants.
AT RoGERsv1LLE JUNO ION with RoeersyiIe
and Jefferson Railroad.
AT JOHNSON CITY with East Tennessee and
Western North Carolina railroad
AT BRISTOL with Norfolk and Western Rail-
road, connecting Ciosely for all Virginia and
Eastern cities, via Lynchburg, and all Eastern
Middle and Northern States via Roanoke and
shenandoah Valley route.
SLEEPING CAR SERVICE.
Nos. and have Pullman Sleepers between
Memphis and New York via Shenandoah Valley
rorth., AIS" Pullman Sleeping Cars Between
Cleveland AHA sew Orleans, via Calera aud
Montgomery.
Nos. 8 and have Pullman Palace Sleeping
cars between Chattanooga and New York via
Shenandoah Valley route. Also Pullman Sleep-
ng Cars between New Orleans and Washington
via Atlanta, Cleveland aud Lynchburg. Also
9leepers between Knoxville and Louisville on
Nos. 35 and &c.
BW. wRENN, @. p. &T.A.
HENRY FINK, Receiver.
f. X. HUQER, Sup't.
C. W. DEiAUSSURE, A. G. r. A.
Knoxville, Tenn
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Lack Of Novelties in Christmas
Presents This Year

THERE'S much complaint this season
because there was no new ideas to be
found among theXmas presents.I 1t was
probablythis scarcityofunique gifts shat
ledseveral stores, whichdealexclusively
in corsets, bustles and dress-improver.
to put in their windows placards an
nouncing holiday presents. The pla,
cards showed up most suggestively
against background of satin corsets,
flanked by dress-improvers of astound.
ing shape and surrounded by bustles
OF fifty different styles and sizes. Any
one of those things would make a
startling unique Christmas present.
And ! should like to know why, il
Amanda gives Adolphus pair Of
white satin suspenders with forget
me-nots embroidered all over them, it
isn't just as proper for Adolphus to
give Amanda pink satin corset with
lace around the top and bottom and
rows OF embroidery between the
whalebones. That is, If Adolphus has
saved enough money during the year
to buy one. II want to say right here
that il anybody moved by the spirit
OF Christianity which pervades all
hearts at Christmas time" said "a girl
to me, "wishes to voice the overflow
ing OF love and goodwill by sending
me a unique and handsome New
Years present, I'd just IA soon as not
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STIFF JOIN as.
A Most. Remarkable Case of
ScrOfuIa and Rheumatism.

have little boy twelve years old who's
knees have been drawn almost double and hi
Joints are perfectly stiff and has been in thi
condition three years. unable to walk Duriu
that time the medical board Of Loudon count
examined him and pronounced the disease
scrofula and prescribed, but no benefit eve
derived. l then used a much advertised prepa
ration without benefit, Three weeks ago he be.
came perfectly helpless and suffered dreadfully
A friend who had used b. B B. advised its
use He has used one bottle and all pain has
ceased and he can now walk This has been
pronounced most wonderful action, as hi,
complaint had bafled everything. I shall con
tinue to use it on him,
HEs. EMMA GRIFFTHs.
Unitia, Tenn, March ,, 1886,
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sept. q.

The love-stricken son of Claus
Spreckles, the Sandwich Island sugar
millionaire, presented Fay Templeton
with number Of diamonds i'll San
Francisco One night during her
performance on the stage the comedi.
an pointed to one of her diamonds
and sententiously asked "Paste?"
NO." she quickly retorted, sugar.
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Winter Exposure Causes Coughs,


That DR.. H, James Cannabis Indicd is prepar-
ed in Calcutta India, from the purest and best
Native Hemp, and is the only remedy, either
in that country or this that will positively and
permanently cure Consumton, Bronchitis,
Asthma, Nasal Catarrh, and NERVOUS Debility
or break up q fresh cold in 81 hours. $3.50 per
bottle three bottles Sc So Craddock & Co.,
Proprietors, 1882 Race st. Phila.
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New Advertisements.

ArhrNree Its causes, and new snd success
hfAk NhAA full CURE at your own home, by
ZONE who was deaftwenty-eight year.. Treat
ed by most of the noted specialists without
benefit Cured himself in three months,
and since then hundreds OF others. Full par
ticulars sent on application,
T. S. PAGE, No Al West Slst St., New York
City.
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webb City, Arkansas. Blood,

Having tested B. B B. and found it to be Ill
that is claimed for it, commend it to any and
every one suffering from blood poison. 1t has
done me more good for less money and in a
shorter space of time than any blood purifier l
ever used. lowe the comfort of my life to its
use, for have been troubled with severe from
of blood poison for or years nd found no re-
lief equal to that given by the use b. b.
MgC .t-tIpN,
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+ H. READ AS- THIS Ms AsY Iii

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5LOWED BY MOMENTS, ~ Mary
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Webb City. Ark, May s, 1886.

All who desire full information about the
cause and cure Of Blood Poisons, Scrofula and
Scrofulous Swellings, Ulcers, Sores, Rheuma-
cure by mail, free, copy of our 32-page Illus
trated Book of Wonders, filled with the m ost
wonderfuland startling proofeye before known.
Address, BLOOD BALM CO.,
Sept. %. Atlanta, Ca.
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THE WEEKLY TIMES.

Sixty-iour columns OF magazine
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special articles on Thousands of sub
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clubs of ten, SIS, and an extra copy t.
the person getting up the club.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
Mrs. Beebe, the Ball, and the Boys.

Mrs. Beebe, an elderly New London
lady, has been n good deal annoyed by
boys who play foot ball in the street be-
fore her house. She had tried entrcaties
and threats to no purpose, until the
other day, when she had her innings.
In the course of the game the boys
knocked the ball out of the bounds into
the yard attached to Mrs. Beebe's resi-
dence, and before the spryest Of the lot
could scale the fence and recover the
rubber sphere, Mrs. Reebe had captured
1t, and when a demand was made for it's
return she was deaf to all forms of en-
treaty. The boys made two or three in
ctfectlal attempts to soften Mrs. Boebe's
great wrath for their previous bad con-
duct, but she was adamant and the BOYS
were in a ~qlandarv. After a while they
held a mass meeting for delibcration on
the best course to pursue, and finally
decided to form q committee which was
divided into subcommittee of two.
whose duties should be i'll turn to make
half-hourly calls on Mrs. Beebe, and de-
mand the return of their football. They
kept this up all day with little chance
OF success, apparently until late III the
day, when 1t became a mere question of
endurance which of the adverse parties
should prevail. For brute strength the
boys had the call, and at 8 O'Clock Mrs.
Beebe surrendered and threw up the
ball, to paraphrase a term in use in
puglllStlc rCles.-NeU London Day.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
WHERE GOOSE LIYERS BLOOM.
A Few Days at Buda Pesth Makes
One a Slave to the Delicacy.

The goose is a bird that, after It is
dead. constantly thrusts itself or. the
strangers attention in Austria. It's an
partition is frequent on the tables and
hotels at Vienna, and it reappears more
frequently as you descend the Danube.
+ is the most chosen Wand ct Bude
Pesth. Here it achieves its apotheosis.
But it is not so much The bird itself as
TO that important organ, its liver, that
| desire 10 direct attention. The local
commerce in this delicacv is consider
able. On certain streets the attention
Of the pedestrians Is attracted by the
counterfeit ~prescatment Of a goose, dead
"1l cooked, beside which is a painted
object SO nearly like that he is aware it
j. the liver Of the deceased bird. This
sign indicates q shop whose sole bust
Iess Is 10 sell roasted goose cut in pieces,
Eopse ~liyers, and a sort of biscuit made
t. chopped goose and flour. Here is a
temptation to those who are fondof Pate
t35e qr1s. On cnterino, the dealer is
discovered Standing behind q huge tray
filled with liTers arranged in rows, arm
q with q fork resembling Neptune's tri-
dent. He passes the trident mv5tically
over the livers and the prices
twenty kruetzers, twenty-five kreutzers,
thirty, forty, fifty krcutzer5, the latter
bcingfor giant birds and weighing near
i a pound. You take one of the small
est as a starter, and a biscuit, and, adj
jpurning to a neighboring wine shop,
properly adjust you digestive apparatus
to the unctious Wand with a ''fourth"
Of white Hungarian wine. No bad re-
suit follows, as with the artiticiallv fat
tened livers that cost their weight In
gold in America. Your digestion con
tinues excellent. What is the effect 2
The next day YOU come back and buy a
liver twice the size. take two rations Of
biscuit, and wash tho rcpast down with
Il "half' of the same wine. and SO on.
AS this ratio of increase cannot 90 on
forever, YOU find vourSolf obliged to
leave the town q day or two sooner than
o intended, to subdue a growing ap-
petite, taking with you in vour valise a
few pounds of goose livcrs to satisfy the
pangS OF hunger and solace the regret
of parting, for you know when you have
left the Danube you can see this luxury
no more,-San Francisco Chronicle.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
LADIES DEPARTMENT.


The average housewife seldom stops to
calculate the cost of the several articles
she prepare Tor the table day after day.
she goes through he. work, making
bread, pics, tea, coffee and never knows
the cost Of any Of them. She knows that
Eggs arc so much 4 dozen and butter such
md such 4 price, ana that a barrel Of
iour takes s. or S out Of the cxchcquer,
nut she has never calculated the cost Of
ono single article, or what the price Of ii
dinner or a days meals may be. Some
me has calculated that it costs half Of a
cent for a cup If %coIe", not counting the
sncar AID MIX, and that half & pound
# coffee Will make thirty-two cups of
rood coffee.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

scarcely mother and daughter any longer,
bu. a pair Of loving sisters. The young
girl is educated in a convent and leads q
secluded existence until she IS launched
in society, and then, in the new, JOYOUS
life that b. upon her she is always
surrounded by the same watchfuI care
that guided her childhood. Young
girls are not allowed to 20 into society
without being accompanied by their
mothers or some other married lady, 10
chaperone-one Of the many Creole Gus
toms which has been generally adopted
oy the American residents Of New Or
leans.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
Athletic " omen.

The women ~ doug more, perhaps,
10 maxi themsav YES healthy and pretty
than thy ever did or lad a chance to do
IN mrtcn tImao before. Horseback
rldln@, rowing, swimming, walking, ex-
ercjsjne in gymnasIlm-, sparring, play
ing game, that strengthen muscles and
develop forms, and stu lying hvg enc
with rs little study and 10 much fun as
possIhlc-arc some Of their devices.
Why, tn" young women are undergoing
a revolution. Their mothers don't know
what to make Of thcm-thougn candor
compcls the admission that a great many
oil the mothers are paying as much at
tentlon to the subject as any onc-cx-
cept that they may not all have the new
science down a finely as that lily Of the
stage who is drscritcl in the provincial
papers as taking q cold bath every morn
ing to prcserv: her health, washing her
face with cold cream instead Of water so
as to avoid wrinkles, tHd walking ike a
postman to keep herself muscular. =
IN. Y. Sun.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

The ridiculous custom Of decorating
every available object in the house with
bows of ribbon has extended even to
candles-not the kitchen candles, OF
course, but those intended for bedroom
and parlor. The ribbons are Of any
color that may happen to please the eye
Of the mistress Of the house, and are at
tached to the candle close to
the candlcst!ct, where naturally
enough they producea most imposing
effect. 1t is perhaps unnecessary to
state that this Kind OF candle is not in
tended to be used. On the other hand
it is permissible to eat ones dinner roll,
which is likewise adorned with a ribbon
fastened about it. There is some conso-
lation in this fact. Doubtless, however,
We may soon be treated to the enchant-
ing spectacle Of a sirloin of beef with a
Lroad satin sash wound round its mid
die, or perhaps a roast chicken gar.
nishcd with a brilliant cravat; in fact,
devices of this kind admit of no limita-
tions.
Speaking of ribbons, it is noticeable
that the number of scarfs and drapcrics
in the drawing room is rapidly diminish
ing. 1t has become possible to sit in a
chair without undergoing the torture of
having the back Of ones neck scratched
by tinscl embroidery, while the volum-
nous fold of silk and linen that once
swathed the sofa and dangled over the
edge Of the piano are now hardly to be
seen in fashionable houses. A few fine
cmbroidcrics give a striking AMI artistic
appearance to a room, but their employ
mcnt should be regulated by the ordi-
rary rules of common sense hat I'M
fortunately are not displayed in every
household. To take a long scarf, tic a
great knot in the centre and pin it to the
back of a couch with the ends outsprcad
like the wings Of a gigantic bat has
naught to do with either beauty or art.
But is a curious fact that to abandon
one absurd fashion means, generally
speaking, to adopt another equally non.
s%cnsical. Hence, we cast aside mean.
ingIess draperies and come to-candle
and bread bows. Mail and Express.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
How Pale You Aro3

Is frequently he exclamation OF ons lady to
another. The tact i not a pleasant one to
Ear mentioned, but the act may be q kindly
one, Tor ii ssts the enc addressed to thinking,
appri~es her Of the fact that she J not in good
heath, and leads her 70 seek a reason therefor.
Pallor IS almost always attendant upon the
first stages OF consumption. The system 10 en-
feeb!ed, and the blood 10 impoverished. DR..
Iierce's Golden Med cal Discovery will act
a. a tonic upon the system, will inrich the I'm
rhsak
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
Rather Prompt.

smith-"Justice is pretty prompt in
Russia"
Joncs-"Very, indeed"
"Ihc nihi)i>t who shot at the car w%2
hung the same day. That's pretty quick
work"
Its not quick for Russia. The usual
plan in Russia, is TO hang the nihlIi>t
months before he has shot at the car.
Hanging him on the same day nc at
tempts t. Kill the car, is rc~prchcnsible
proCrastInatiOn.'
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

And most Important. Hallett & Co, Portland,
Maine, can fnrnis4 you work that You can do
at treat profit and live at home, wherever 4ou
are ceted. Either stx. all ages. Asa p.
Rand, Wastboro, Mass. wri es us that he made
$50 profit in a single day. Every worker can
IS new. Calftal not required; yul are started
fee, Full PARTICULARS free. Send your ad-
dress al once.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

At Bieber, Lassan County. Cal. resides Nr.
Thomas z. Ford. who writes: Il can truth
fully say | have used St. Jacobs Oi1tn my fam
lily for years, and find it q never failing rem
edy for al painful complaintA".
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

Wei, then, why don't you do something ts
bring back he roses % her cheeks and the
light TO her eyes: bon / you SEQ she Is suffer-
Ing from nervous debiitty, the resu { OF femate
weakness 4 bottle or Or. Pterce,s 'Favorlte
Prescr pion' will brighten those pale cheeks
and 5 nd new | fe through that wasting form.
Ii you love her. take heed.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

The Voman's Christian Temperance Union
Of Hamburg, y. Z. has adopted resolutions
coneratu. ating Mrs. Frances Folsom Cleve-
land Tor having drank cold water at a diplo-
mat c a!nner. and because "she has the
mora. heroism to prove loyal to God. the
church and temperance"
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
Delicate Children. Nursing

Mothe1 Overworked Men, and for a. "a
where the tissues are wasting away rom :.
inability to digest ord narr food. or froiao's
work OF the brain or body, al sucn s h
take ScorT's EMULSION e Pure Cod Ll'o,c.'
with Hypophosphites. I usea tte ''Hu.I.,
on . lady who was delicate. and tnrea'S -
With Bronchitis 1t put her IN such Eood go
and flesh, that l must say il is the best M
sion I ever ussd."-L- P. WADDKLI- al ~
HlGh's Mills, s. c.
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

This man, g. g.. Hoffman, has ri.en by The Use Of
Botanic Blood Balm (B. B. b. to his present won
derfully improved condition. In a short tine his
homeless forehead VIII be fully heale and he Will
stand . monument of humanity raised from the
verge OF death. Few persons ever recover from
such a low state, being on a dying bed from that
fell destroyer, blood poison, with the bones Of his
forehead rotted and taken ont, 2Lx3 inches, by the
doctors, and given out to die. From skin and
bones, wrecked by blood poison, to health and
sound desh. Is the work OF B. B. b.
Not many such desperate cases may be found,
but when they are they should not despair of re-
eovery. as B. b. B. will cure them.
When this medicine can cure such extreme cases,
Is 1t not reasonable that 1t will cure all cases OF
blood poison Of less violence, a. 1t has done In
Thousands Of instances?
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
Fashion Notes.

Fashion Notes.
The leading color of the season is
gray.
Double strings are seen on the new
bonncts.
Lace straws are much used in trim
ming hats and bonnets.
A new checked cashmere is sold I'm.
der the name Of Rowena.
Grecls 8, silver grays, and heliotrope
seem to be the favorite colors for mil
incry.
Habit cloths take precedent of all
Others for covert coats and walking
jackets.
Cordurette is another ribbed cloth
added to the bit of corduroys and COR
derciues.
Silk on account OF its dust shedding
qualities is coming into revived favor fo,
street suits.
Braided jackets are considered dressy
enough for afternoon, carriage and
promenade wear.
Black, fawn, tan and gray gloves are
all fashionably worn with street, car
rage and visiting costumes.
Norfolk hlouscs and EPSON cover,
coats are much worn for travelling, cx-
cursions and in the country.
Dull LACK surahs and other non-lus-
trous black silks are rcgainins populari-
ty for street and utility wear.
Jet,ed fabrics of al kinds arc worn
this season either for the corsace or for
trimming, AMI arc in grcas variety.
The Old fashion of wearing spenser
waists is revived, and they arc seen in
silk as we'll as in cashmcres OF bright
shades, finished with q stitching in col.
cred floss six.
Pretty llt;le tu.ba0s, rather than
taqu@s are worn with spring chev,o,
So Is made Of the same fabric as the cos
tune. but they should be made care,
fully not TO look buu-,ing.
CorIaroy vests o: fine ribbed white
corduroy are very stylish with alm5s,
any co>tuma. tbs buttons OF silver ri,
are 50 fastened tia: they can be taAeu
Of IN case 81 wasting the garment.
smooth fabrics are being introduced
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18

Mr. f. E. Hu b -Adr-aa. y. y. says: My
fathAr was very lame with rkeamAt1sm- Now
altar using St jacobs Oil he Is nc lamsr than
Lam. IA was cured" Price city csatA
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1887-06-18
AL Mon Ire moi Bad.
Neither ar

Neither are al prepared remedies unreliable
This S proven b. the results follow ng the use
y ilr. ~tiarter's Iron Tonic for Dyspepsia, rhel
p a Ism, scrnfula, jaundice. torpid liver anl
:, neral weakness,